Introducing the combined atlas framework for large‐scale web‐based data visualization: The GloNAF atlas of plant invasion

1. Large‐scale biodiversity data, for example, on species distribution and richness information, are being mobilized and becoming available at an increasing rate. Interactive web applications like atlases have been developed to visualize available datasets and make them accessible to a wider audienc...

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Autores principales: Hancock, Sebastian C., Essl, Franz, Kraak, Menno‐Jan, Dawson, Wayne, Kreft, Holger, Pyšek, Petr, Pergl, Jan, van Kleunen, Mark, Weigelt, Patrick, Winter, Marten, Gartner, Georg, Lenzner, Bernd
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Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9305529/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35909503
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13820
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author Hancock, Sebastian C.
Essl, Franz
Kraak, Menno‐Jan
Dawson, Wayne
Kreft, Holger
Pyšek, Petr
Pergl, Jan
van Kleunen, Mark
Weigelt, Patrick
Winter, Marten
Gartner, Georg
Lenzner, Bernd
author_facet Hancock, Sebastian C.
Essl, Franz
Kraak, Menno‐Jan
Dawson, Wayne
Kreft, Holger
Pyšek, Petr
Pergl, Jan
van Kleunen, Mark
Weigelt, Patrick
Winter, Marten
Gartner, Georg
Lenzner, Bernd
author_sort Hancock, Sebastian C.
collection PubMed
description 1. Large‐scale biodiversity data, for example, on species distribution and richness information, are being mobilized and becoming available at an increasing rate. Interactive web applications like atlases have been developed to visualize available datasets and make them accessible to a wider audience. Web mapping tools are changing rapidly, and different underlying concepts have been developed to visualize datasets at a high cartographic standard. 2. Here, we introduce the Combined Atlas Framework for the development of interactive web atlases for ecological data visualization. We combine two existing approaches: the five stages of the user‐centred design approach for web mapping applications and the three U approach for interface success. 3. Subsequently, we illustrate the use of this framework by developing the Atlas of Plant Invasions based on the Global Naturalized Alien Flora (GloNAF) database. This case study illustrates how the newly developed Combined Atlas Framework with a user‐centred design philosophy can generate measurable success through communication with the target user group, iterative prototyping and competitive analysis of other existing web mapping approaches. 4. The framework is useful in creating an atlas that employs user feedback to determine usability and utility features within an interactive atlas system. Finally, this framework will enable a better‐informed development process of future visualization and dissemination of biodiversity data through web mapping applications and interactive atlases.
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spelling pubmed-93055292022-07-28 Introducing the combined atlas framework for large‐scale web‐based data visualization: The GloNAF atlas of plant invasion Hancock, Sebastian C. Essl, Franz Kraak, Menno‐Jan Dawson, Wayne Kreft, Holger Pyšek, Petr Pergl, Jan van Kleunen, Mark Weigelt, Patrick Winter, Marten Gartner, Georg Lenzner, Bernd Methods Ecol Evol Research Articles 1. Large‐scale biodiversity data, for example, on species distribution and richness information, are being mobilized and becoming available at an increasing rate. Interactive web applications like atlases have been developed to visualize available datasets and make them accessible to a wider audience. Web mapping tools are changing rapidly, and different underlying concepts have been developed to visualize datasets at a high cartographic standard. 2. Here, we introduce the Combined Atlas Framework for the development of interactive web atlases for ecological data visualization. We combine two existing approaches: the five stages of the user‐centred design approach for web mapping applications and the three U approach for interface success. 3. Subsequently, we illustrate the use of this framework by developing the Atlas of Plant Invasions based on the Global Naturalized Alien Flora (GloNAF) database. This case study illustrates how the newly developed Combined Atlas Framework with a user‐centred design philosophy can generate measurable success through communication with the target user group, iterative prototyping and competitive analysis of other existing web mapping approaches. 4. The framework is useful in creating an atlas that employs user feedback to determine usability and utility features within an interactive atlas system. Finally, this framework will enable a better‐informed development process of future visualization and dissemination of biodiversity data through web mapping applications and interactive atlases. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022-02-22 2022-05 /pmc/articles/PMC9305529/ /pubmed/35909503 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13820 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Methods in Ecology and Evolution published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of British Ecological Society. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Research Articles
Hancock, Sebastian C.
Essl, Franz
Kraak, Menno‐Jan
Dawson, Wayne
Kreft, Holger
Pyšek, Petr
Pergl, Jan
van Kleunen, Mark
Weigelt, Patrick
Winter, Marten
Gartner, Georg
Lenzner, Bernd
Introducing the combined atlas framework for large‐scale web‐based data visualization: The GloNAF atlas of plant invasion
title Introducing the combined atlas framework for large‐scale web‐based data visualization: The GloNAF atlas of plant invasion
title_full Introducing the combined atlas framework for large‐scale web‐based data visualization: The GloNAF atlas of plant invasion
title_fullStr Introducing the combined atlas framework for large‐scale web‐based data visualization: The GloNAF atlas of plant invasion
title_full_unstemmed Introducing the combined atlas framework for large‐scale web‐based data visualization: The GloNAF atlas of plant invasion
title_short Introducing the combined atlas framework for large‐scale web‐based data visualization: The GloNAF atlas of plant invasion
title_sort introducing the combined atlas framework for large‐scale web‐based data visualization: the glonaf atlas of plant invasion
topic Research Articles
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9305529/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35909503
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13820
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